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Improvement Strategies of Leguminosae Biotechnology

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Editors:
  1. Pawan K. Jaiwal

    1. Department of Biosciences, M.D. University, Rohtak, India

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  2. Rana P. Singh

    1. Department of Biosciences, M.D. University, Rohtak, India

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Part of the book series: Focus on Biotechnology (FOBI, volume 10A)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Technologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Breeding Methodologies for the Improvement of Grain Legumes

      • Paolo Ranalli
      Pages 3-21

    3. In Vitro Morphogenesis in Grain Legumes: An Overview

      • M. L. Mohan, K. V. Krishnamurthy
      Pages 23-63

    4. In Vitro Organogenesis

      • A. Ganapathi, V. R. Anbazhagan, S. Amutha, R. Prem Anand
      Pages 65-85

    5. Somatic Embryogenesis

      • P. Venkatachalam, N. Geetha, P. Priya, N. Jayabalan, G. Lakshmi Sita
      Pages 87-132

    6. Protoplasts of Grain and Forage Legumes: Their Exploitation in Genetic Manipulation, Physiological Investigations and Plant-Pathogen Interactions

      • M. R. Davey, R. Marchant, J. B. Power
      Pages 133-153

    7. Wide Hybridization in Important Food Legumes

      • Nalini Mallikarjuna
      Pages 155-171

  3. Nitrogen Metabolism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
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    2. Perception and Processing of Nod Factor Signals

      • Hubert H. Felle
      Pages 175-189

    3. Nitrate Assimilation

      • Niharika Shankar, H. S. Srivastava
      Pages 191-199

    4. Improvement of Nitrogen Utilization

      • Bertrand Hirel, Judith Harrison, Anis Limami
      Pages 201-220

  4. Abiotic and Biotic Stress Tolerance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221
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    2. Genetic Engineering for Enhancing Abiotic Stress Tolerance

      • Rana P. Singh, Usha, S. M. H. Rizvi, Sonia, Pawan K. Jaiwal
      Pages 223-243

    3. Genetic Engineering for Insect Resistance

      • Rajani Jaiswal, P. Anand Kumar
      Pages 245-253

    4. Genetic Engineering for Virus Resistance

      • R. Usha, K. Veluthambi
      Pages 255-268

    5. Molecular Strategies for Fungal and Nematode Resistance

      • N. P. Singh, S. Datta, Bansa Singh
      Pages 269-277

  5. Product Quality Improvement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 279-279
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    2. Improvement of Methionine-Deficient Legumes Through Genetic Engineering

      • Lucilia Helena Marcellino, Eugen Silvano Gander
      Pages 281-290

    3. Development of Regeneration Protocols to Exploit Somaclonal Variations in Lathyrus Sativus for Developing Toxin Free Cultivar

      • S. L. Mehta, I. M. Santha
      Pages 291-299
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Keywords

About this book

Legumes include many very important crop plants that contribute critical protein to the diets of many around the world. Many important forages and green manure crops are legumes. Legumes are also large contributors to the vegetable oil and animal feed protein sectors. One characteristic of legumes that could become even more important as world energy sources decline and nitrogen fertilizer prices increase is nitrogen fixation, something few other plants can do. Thus legumes have a unique and important niche in agriculture. While some of the small seeded forage legumes have been relatively easy to work with in tissue culture as far as culture initiation, plant regeneration and transformation are concerned, most large seeded legumes, like soybean, have been recalcitrant. Today, however, many laboratories are inserting genes into soybean and producing unique plants for both commercial and scientific uses. These advancements have taken a large amount of research effort and still require time and labour.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biosciences, M.D. University, Rohtak, India

    Pawan K. Jaiwal, Rana P. Singh

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Improvement Strategies of Leguminosae Biotechnology

  • Editors: Pawan K. Jaiwal, Rana P. Singh

  • Series Title: Focus on Biotechnology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0109-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1405-5Published: 31 October 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6331-1Published: 09 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0109-9Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1569-268X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 411

  • Topics: Plant Sciences

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